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Planting Guide

About this Guide

This guide lists all the species of plants and/or seeds that we sell at Kansas Native Plants. Use it as a guide for planning and planting your garden.

Planning

When planning a garden, you need to consider a plant's mature height & width, sun & water requirements, flower color, and season of bloom. To be successful the sun and water requirements of the species must match the site where they are to be planted.

Mature Size

Height: the mature height of the plant measured in feetWidth: the mature width of the plant measured in feet

Sun Needs

Full Sun: direct sun 8 or more hours of the dayPart Sun: direct sun 4 to 8 hours of the day; about half a day of sunShade: direct sun 0 to 4 hours of the day

Water Needs

Wet: Soil is soggy or marshyMoist: Soil tends to stay moist and rarely dries outMedium: Average soil moisture, little or now slopeDrained: Soil is well drained, never soggy; medium slopeDry: Soil is dry, often typical of rocky soil; steep slope

Plant Species

Scientific Name

Common Name

Common Family

Height (ft)

Width (ft)

Flower Color

Bloom Months

Sun Needs

Water Needs

Achillea millefolium

Western Yarrow

Aster

2.0

1.0

White

May-June

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Agastache nepetoides

Yellow Giant Hyssop

Mint

6.0

3.0

Yellow, Cream

August-September

Part Sun, Full Sun

Wet to Moist

Ageratina altissima

White Snakeroot

Aster

3.0

3.0

White

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Andropogon gerardii

Big Bluestem

Grass

8.0

3.0

Green

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Drained

Aquilegia canadensis

Red Columbine

Buttercup

2.0

2.0

Red, Pink

April-May

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Artemisia ludoviciana

White Sage

Aster

3.0

1.0

White

August-September

Full Sun

Moist to Drained

Asarum canadense

Canada Wild Ginger

Birthwort

0.5

0.5

Violet, Brown

April-May

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp Milkweed

Milkweed

5.0

3.0

Red, Pink

July-August

Full Sun

Wet to Medium

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple Milkweed

Milkweed

3.0

2.0

Violet

May-June

Full Sun, Part Sun

Medium to Drained

Asclepias sullivantii

Smooth Milkweed

Milkweed

3.0

2.0

Red, Pink

June-July

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Asclepias syriaca

Common Milkweed

Milkweed

4.0

2.0

Lavender, Pink

June-July

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Milkweed

Milkweed

2.5

3.0

Orange, Red

June-July

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Asclepias viridis

Green Antelopehorn

Milkweed

2.0

2.0

Green, Violet

April-May

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Asimina triloba

Paw Paw

Custard Apple

15.0

8.0

Red

April-May

Full Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Aster drummondii

Drummond's Aster

Aster

3.0

3.0

Lavender, Pink

August-September

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Drained

Aster laevis

Smooth blue aster

Aster

4.0

3.0

Blue, Lavender

September-October

Full Sun, Part Sun

Medium to Dry

Aster novae-angliae

New England Aster

Aster

4.0

3.0

Blue, Violet

September-October

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Aster oblongifolius

Aromatic Aster

Aster

0.8

1.0

Violet, Lavender

September-October

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Aster oolentangiensis

Sky Blue Aster

Aster

3.0

3.0

Blue, Lavender

September-October

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Astragalus canadensis

Canada Milkvetch

Bean

4.0

2.0

Yellow, Cream

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Drained

Baptisia alba

White Wild Indigo

Bean

5.0

3.0

White

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Bidens polylepis

Bur Marigold

Aster

5.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Bouteloua curtipendula

Side-Oats Grama

Grass

3.0

2.0

Green

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Callirhoe involucrata

Purple Poppy Mallow

Mallow

0.5

3.0

Violet

April-May

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Campanula americana

American Bellflower

Bellflower

4.0

2.0

Blue

July-August

Shade

Moist to Medium

Cassia marilandica

Maryland Senna

Bean

5.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Part Sun, Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Partridge Pea

Bean

3.0

2.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Drained

Chasmanthium latifolium

Indian Woodoats

Grass

3.0

0.1

Green

July-August

Shade, Part Sun

Moist to Medium

Claytonia virginica

Spring Beauty

Purslane

0.5

0.5

White, Lavender

March-April

Part Sun, Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Clematis pitcheri

Pitcher's Leather Flower

Buttercup

6.0

3.0

Violet, Lavender

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Medium to Drained

Corylus americana

American Hazelnut

Birch

8.0

2.0

White

April-May

Shade, Full Sun

Moist to Drained

Cynanchum laeve

Climbing Milkweed

Milkweed

10.0

3.0

White, Green

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Dry

Dalea multiflora

Roundhead Prairie Clover

Bean

1.5

2.0

White

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Dalea purpurea

Purple Prairie Clover

Bean

1.5

2.0

Violet

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Delphinium virescens

Plains Larkspur

Buttercup

3.0

0.5

White, Lavender

May-June

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Diarrhena obovata

American Beakgrass

Grass

1.5

1.0

Green

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Dichanthelium clandestinum

Deertongue Panicgrass

Grass

1.0

3.0

Green

May-June

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Echinacea pallida

Pale Coneflower

Aster

3.0

2.0

Violet, Pink

June-July

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Elymus canadensis

Canada Wildrye

Grass

3.0

1.0

Green

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Elymus villosus

Hairy Wild Rye

Grass

1.5

1.0

Green

June-July

Full Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Erigeron philadelphicus

Philadelphia Fleabane

Aster

2.0

1.0

White

April-May

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Medium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake Master

Parsley

4.0

3.0

White, Green

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Euonymus atropurpureus

Eastern Wahoo

Bittersweet

8.0

6.0

Red, Violet

April-May

Shade, Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Eupatorium altissimum

Tall Boneset

Aster

5.0

3.0

White

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Drained

Eupatorium purpureum

Sweet Joe-Pye

Aster

5.0

3.0

Violet, Pink

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Euphorbia marginata

Snow on the Mountain

Spurge

3.5

1.0

White, Green

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Glandularia canadensis

Rose Verbena

Vervain

0.5

2.0

Violet, Lavender

April-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Helenium autumnale

Sneezeweed

Aster

3.5

2.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Wet to Moist

Helianthus annuus

Annual Sunflower

Aster

10.0

4.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Dry

Helianthus hirsutus

Hairy Sunflower

Aster

4.0

1.0

Yellow

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Medium to Drained

Helianthus salicifolius

Willow Leaf Sunflower

Aster

7.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Helianthus tuberosus

Jerusalem artichoke

Aster

8.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Medium

Heliopsis helianthoides

False Sunflower

Aster

4.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Medium

Hydrophyllum virginianum

Virginia Waterleaf

Waterleaf

1.0

1.0

Lavender, White

April-May

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Liatris aspera

Button Gayfeather

Aster

3.0

1.0

Violet, Lavender

September-October

Full Sun, Part Sun

Drained to Dry

Liatris pycnostachya

Thickspike Gayfeather

Aster

4.0

2.0

Violet, Lavender

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Lithospermum incisum

Fringed Puccoon

Borage

0.8

1.0

Yellow

April-May

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal Flower

Bellflower

3.0

1.0

Red

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Wet to Moist

Lomatium foeniculaceum

Desert Biscuitroot

Parsley

0.5

1.0

Yellow

March-April

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Monarda fistulosa

Mint-leaf Beebalm

Mint

3.0

2.0

Violet, Lavender

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Drained

Oenothera macrocarpa

Missouri evening primrose

Evening Primrose

0.8

1.0

Yellow

April-May

Full Sun, Part Sun

Medium to Dry

Onosmodium molle

Western Marbleseed

Borage

2.0

3.0

Green, White

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Osmorhiza longistylis

Anise Root

Parsley

3.0

3.0

White

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Ostrya virginiana

Hop Hornbeam

Birch

18.0

10.0

Green

April-May

Shade, Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Packera plattensis

Prairie Ragwort

Aster

1.0

0.5

Yellow

April-May

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Panicum virgatum

Switchgrass

Grass

4.0

2.0

Green

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Drained

Penstemon cobaea

Showy Beardtongue

Figwort

2.0

1.0

White, Pink

May-June

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Penstemon digitalis

Foxglove Beardtongue

Figwort

2.0

1.0

White

June-July

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Medium

Penstemon grandiflorus

Large-flower beardtongue

Figwort

3.0

1.0

Pink, Violet

April-May

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Phlox divaricata

Blue Phlox

Phlox

2.0

1.0

Blue, Lavender

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Physostegia virginiana

Obedient Plant

Mint

4.0

2.0

Violet, Pink

August-October

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Medium

Polanisia dodecandra

Clammy-weed

Caper

3.0

3.0

Pink, White

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Polygonum virginianum

Virginia Knotweed

Buckwheat

3.0

2.0

White

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Prenanthes aspera

Rough Rattlesnake Root

Aster

4.0

2.0

Yellow

September-October

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Prunus virginiana

Choke Cherry

Rose

18.0

12.0

White

April-May

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Dry

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Slender Mountain Mint

Mint

2.0

1.0

White

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Ratibida columnifera

Prairie Coneflower

Aster

3.0

2.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Ratibida pinnata

Gray-headed Coneflower

Aster

4.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Drained

Rudbeckia hirta

Black Eyed Susan

Aster

2.0

2.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Drained

Rudbeckia laciniata

Cutleaf Coneflower

Aster

5.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Ruellia humilis

Prairie Petunia

Acanthus

0.8

1.0

Violet, Lavender

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Salvia azureus

Blue Sage

Mint

4.0

2.0

Blue

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem

Grass

3.0

2.0

Green

July-August

Full Sun

Drained to Dry

Silene stellata

Starry Campion

Pink

3.0

2.0

White

May-June

Part Sun, Shade

Moist to Medium

Silphium integrifolium

Wholeleaf Rosinweed

Aster

5.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Silphium laciniatum

Compass Plant

Aster

8.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Dry

Silphium perfoliatum

Cup Plant

Aster

8.0

3.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Solidago nemoralis

Gray Goldenrod

Aster

2.5

2.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Solidago petiolaris

Downy Goldenrod

Aster

3.0

1.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun, Part Sun

Medium to Dry

Solidago rigida

Stiff Goldenrod

Aster

4.0

2.0

Yellow

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Solidago ulmifolia

Elmleaf Goldenrod

Aster

3.0

2.0

Yellow

July-August

Part Sun, Shade

Medium to Dry

Sorghastrum nutans

Indiangrass

Grass

5.0

3.0

Green

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Drained

Staphylea trifolia

Bladdernut

Bladdernut

8.0

4.0

White

April-May

Shade

Moist to Medium

Tradescantia ohiensis

Ohio Spiderwort

Spiderwort

3.0

1.0

Blue, Violet

June-July

Full Sun

Moist to Drained

Tripsacum dactyloides

Gama Grass

Grass

5.0

4.0

Green

July-August

Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Verbena hastata

Blue Verbena

Vervain

5.0

2.0

Blue, Violet

July-August

Full Sun

Wet to Moist

Verbena simplex

Narrowleaf Verbena

Vervain

1.0

0.5

White, Lavender

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Verbena stricta

Woolly Verbena

Vervain

3.0

2.0

Violet, Lavender

July-August

Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Vernonia baldwinii

Baldwin Ironweed

Aster

4.0

2.0

Violet

July-August

Full Sun, Full Sun

Medium to Dry

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's Root

Figwort

4.0

3.0

White

July-August

Full Sun

Wet to Medium

Zanthoxylum americanum

Prickly Ash

Citrus

10.0

5.0

Green

April-May

Part Sun, Full Sun

Moist to Medium

Zizia aurea

Golden Alexanders

Parsley

3.0

3.0

Yellow

April-May

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moist to Drained

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